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| Thread ID: 66745 | 2006-03-06 04:16:00 | Caravan TV Aerial | freddo (9923) | PC World Chat |
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| 435911 | 2006-03-06 04:16:00 | Can anyone recommend a good aerial for TV use in a caravan - particularly in more remote areas. I note Dick Smiths have an amplified one and aslo PacificAerials sell a boat TV aerail. Anyone had experience with either of these or can recommend a suitable portable type aerial? Thnaks Freddo |
freddo (9923) | ||
| 435912 | 2006-03-06 05:17:00 | caravan aerials are a black art. even commerically made ones can be nothing more than a coathanger. the problem is for good reception you need a fairly large aerial, most caravans don't have the space. amplifiers are good except you can only applify what signal the aerial picks up, it boosts everything including interfference. most of the usuall ones i have seen have crap amps. your better off with a low noise tv that has a good tuner. see the caravan clubs, most have homemade aerials or converted house aerials. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 435913 | 2006-03-06 07:10:00 | check out www.satmax.co.nz They sell satellite dishes and receivers for getting free to air tv from Optus B1. I was talking to a guy from that company at the campervan expo in Hamilton on the weekend and he said that you can get good reception anywhere for no ongoing cost, instead of relying on dodgy reception in remote areas from normal tv transmitters. And the sat dish is a lot smaller and easier to set up than tv aerials. | Andrew B (867) | ||
| 435914 | 2006-03-06 07:32:00 | check out www.satmax.co.nz They sell satellite dishes and receivers for getting free to air tv from Optus B1. I was talking to a guy from that company at the campervan expo in Hamilton on the weekend and he said that you can get good reception anywhere for no ongoing cost, instead of relying on dodgy reception in remote areas from normal tv transmitters. And the sat dish is a lot smaller and easier to set up than tv aerials. Whats the difference between their top set boxes and the digital top set boxes i saw in oz that you can buy for $89.00? Just curious as i know bugger all about it but are interested to know if its worth buying a top set box from oz and bringing it over and using my sky dish (sky dish is not connected). Would it work? |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 435915 | 2006-03-06 07:33:00 | only thing to watch with fixed dishes (no auto alignment) is movement of the vechile can upset it if its mounted on the vechile. also if you are useing a small dish reception in the far north and south island can be poor (that dosn't mean poor pics, with digital it either perfect or nothing. poor signal means the pic can just drops out at the slightist weather/direction change). | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 435916 | 2006-03-06 07:38:00 | The Australian ones are to convert Terrestrial (not Satellite) digital TV signals into analog signal so that older TVs can continue to be used (as Australia rolls out Digital TV). By about 2008, conventional TV signals will be phased out and only disgital ones will be broadcast in Oz. Its not the same product or use as that discussed here (Satellite). The Oz set top boxes still need a conventional TV antenna, not a dish. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 435917 | 2006-03-06 07:49:00 | The Australian ones are to convert Terrestrial (not Satellite) digital TV signals into analog signal so that older TVs can continue to be used (as Australia rolls out Digital TV). By about 2008, conventional TV signals will be phased out and only disgital ones will be broadcast in Oz. Its not the same product or use as that discussed here (Satellite). The Oz set top boxes still need a conventional TV antenna, not a dish. Righto. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Trying to find out a way of improving our tv reception cause it's not the best. It's watchable but i'd like to improve it some how. Looks like i'll have to get sky if i want it any better than it is :annoyed: Anyway, back to the topic at hand.... |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 435918 | 2006-03-06 21:26:00 | This site might also help you: http://www.freetv.co.nz/ | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 435919 | 2006-09-13 23:29:00 | or try [edit] [Hmm ... member just joins up and the very first post is in a thread 6 months old and includes a link to a commercial website that is quite new? We have rules against personal commercial advertising, I'm sure you read them when registering on the forum but they are posted at the top of both forums for repeat viewing. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt here with what your real intentions were and not banning your account ...] |
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